Ashford East Demographics (Spelthorne, England)

Ashford East is a ward in Spelthorne of South East, England and includes areas of Feltham Hill and Spelthorne.

In the 2011 census the population of Ashford East was 7,219 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Ashford East is 41, while the median age is higher at 43.

85.2% of people living in Ashford East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% India, 1.2% Scotland, 1.2% Ireland, 0.8% Wales, 0.8% South Africa, 0.5% Kenya, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.3% Nigeria.

95.3% of people living in Ashford East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.4% Gujarati, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% Panjabi, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% French.

The religious make up of Ashford East is 67.0% Christian, 19.1% No religion, 2.5% Hindu, 2.4% Muslim, 1.3% Sikh, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 474 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

51.2% of people are married, 10.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.8% are separated or divorced. There are 355 widowed people living in Ashford East.

The top occupations listed by people in Ashford East are Administrative and secretarial 17.1%, Associate professional and technical 15.1%, Professional 13.4%, Administrative 13.4%, Skilled trades 11.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.3%, Elementary 8.5%, Corporate managers and directors 8.1%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.1%.